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He wondered which to take. The ceiling was very high; but to fight in the narrow confines of such a room He led the girl over to a pile of cushions and sat down beside her. "Listen," he said briefly. "We are going to take a medicine; it will make us very small. Then we will hide from Targo and his men till they are gone. This is not magic; it is science. Do you understand?"
"I understand now, thoroughly, and for the first time, the situation we are facing. It is, as you say, a political issue no longer. Targo and his closest followers have convinced a very large proportion of our entire nation, I am certain, that myself, and my family, and you, the strangers, are possessed of a diabolical power that must be annihilated. Targo will never rest until he has the drugs.
They've got the drugs now!" Targo had the drugs! The Big Business Man shuddered with fear at the thought. Their situation would be desperate, indeed, if that were so. The Doctor reasoned it out more calmly. "I hadn't thought of that," he said slowly. "And it makes me think perhaps they have not captured Jack. If they had the drugs they would lose no time in using them.
It isn't so much a political issue now between your government and the followers of Targo, as it is a struggle against those of us who have this magic, as they call it." "That's just the point," put in the Doctor quickly. "They are making the people believe that our power of changing size is a menace that " "If I had only realized," said the Chemist. "I thought your coming would help.
The Big Business Man stared out over the waving, cheering throng, with the huge, dominant, triumphant figure of Targo above and muttered to himself, "The king is dead; long live the king." When he could make himself heard, Targo spoke again.
Then gradually, they seemed to be of normal size again, balancing themselves awkwardly upon a little toy-house whose top was hardly bigger than their feet. The park, only a step now beneath the house-top, swarmed with tiny figures less than two inches in height. Targo still stood upon the palace roof; they could have reached down and picked him up between thumb and forefinger.
But a blow upon his forearm knocked it away before he could strike; and a sudden twist of his antagonist's body rolled him over and pinned him upon his back. The Very Young Man thought of his encounter with Targo before, and again with sinking heart he realized he was the weaker of the two. He jerked one of his wrists free and, striking upwards with all his force, landed full on his enemy's jaw.
I can, because I am a woman, and they will know I tell the truth. Ah, you will let me try, my husband please?" The Chemist appealed to the others. "They will believe her, many of them," he said. "They will leave Orlog as she directs. But those in other cities will still hold to Targo, they will simply remain silent for a time. What their feelings will be or are we cannot tell.
"Targo and four of his men were here soon after we left. Eena saw them and hid. They searched the house " "For the drugs," muttered the Doctor under his breath. " and then left, taking Loto with them." "Which way did they go?" asked the Big Business Man. "Good God, what a thing!" "They went by water, in a large boat that was waiting for them here," answered the Chemist.
The youth, who evidently understood English, added something else in his own language. "He says Targo vowed death to all who have the magic power. He spoke in the city just now, and promised them deliverance from the giants." "Good Lord," murmured the Very Young Man. "He has gone to Orlog probably," the Chemist continued. "We have nothing to fear for the moment.
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